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Dawn Adamson
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Job title: Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
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Katerina Fountoulaki
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Nikolaos Dagres
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Efstathios K Iliodromitis
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3 years ago
Heart failure (HF) is a feared endpoint for most cardiovascular diseases and is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. The worldwide prevalence of HF is between 2 and 3 % and rises sharply at around 75 years of age, so that the prevalence in 70- to 80-year-old people is between 10–20 %. With a 50 % 5-year survival rate, HF is predicted to be the leading cause of all morbidity by 2020.1,2…
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Pieter Martens
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2 years ago
Optimal Management of CIED Infections
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Erik H Van Iterson
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3 years ago
The maximal exercise oxygen uptake (VO2 max) response physiologically reflects the clinical status of patients with low-output left heart failure (HF). The failure of VO2 max to rise above 12 ml/kg/min is a hallmark of deteriorated clinical status, impaired oxidative metabolic capacity and indicates advanced medical therapy is required to prolong life.1,2 The continuous-flow left ventricular…
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Author(s):
Nicholas Wettersten
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Alan S Maisel
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3 years ago
Cardiac troponin (cTn) is the core biomarker for the diagnosis of a myocardial infarct (MI).1 Indeed, as stated in Table 1, it meets all the definitions of a biomarker for acute coronary syndrome (ACS), as suggested by Maisel.2 In the setting of ACS, in addition to its diagnostic use, it is prognostic, clinically actionable and can be monitored during therapy as a surrogate of improvement. In…
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Author(s):
Noel S Lee
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Lori B Daniels
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3 years ago
Today, natriuretic peptides are ubiquitously utilized for the diagnosis, treatment, and prognostication of heart failure in the Emergency Department, as well as inpatient and outpatient settings alike.1–5 These endogenous hormones counteract some of the most detrimental effects of heart failure. Given their clinical and physiological importance, the fact that a manuscript describing the…
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Jamie M O’Driscoll
Job title: Reader in Cardiovascular Physiology
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Adelino Leite-Moreira
Job title: Full Professor of Physiology, Pathophysiology & Cardiothoracic Surgery
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